A Dancer's Training by Daphne Hurford
The Right Moves is the story of a teenage American boy, Max Fuqua, from Dallas, Texas, and his rites of passage as a student at the world-renowned School of American Ballet. In the hothouse environment of the ballet academy, Max faces not only daily physical stress (and an injury that must be corrected with surgery), but also intense competition with his peers.
Max must face daily personal challenges in the midst of adolescent confusion, including the rigorous physical and mental demands and diligent discipline which are the given of ballet training. But there is also the thrill of performance, and of being part of a grand ballet tradition that can be traced back to the 18th century. How Max deals with all this, his successes and set-backs, make a dramatic story for our time. The American male dancer has now come into his own: The Right Moves shows how and why.
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